Florida Boy, 12, KILLS His 2 Year Old Brother...After Life Of Abuse!

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A decade before he was charged with murder, a 2-year-old Cristian Fernandez was found naked and dirty, wandering a South Florida street. The grandmother taking care of him had holed up with cocaine in a messy motel room, while his 14-year-old mother was nowhere to be found.

His life had been punctuated with violence since he was conceived, an act that resulted in a sexual assault conviction against his father. Fernandez' life got worse from there: He was sexually assaulted by a cousin and beaten by his stepfather, who committed suicide before police investigating the beating arrived.

The boy learned to squelch his feelings, once telling a counselor: "You got to suck up feelings and get over it."

Now 13, Fernandez is accused of two heinous crimes himself: first-degree murder in the 2011 beating death of his 2-year-old half-brother and the sexual abuse of his 5-year-old half-brother. He's been charged as an adult and is the youngest inmate awaiting trial in Duval County.

Re: Florida Boy, 12, KILLS His 2 Year Old Brother...After Life Of Abuse!

True enough the Kid is wrong for murdering his brother but at the end of the day he's still a Kid. I think after reviewing this whole case and and hearing the kids life story, I would say a load of therapy would be a lot more suitable than life in jail for this Kid, its only right

Re: Florida Boy, 12, KILLS His 2 Year Old Brother...After Life Of Abuse!

True enough the Kid is wrong for murdering his brother but at the end of the day he's still a Kid. I think after reviewing this whole case and and hearing the kids life story, I would say a load of therapy would be a lot more suitable than life in jail for this Kid, its only right

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6594892

Just think how fucked up he'll be when he's 25 after spending 13 years in adult prison.

Re: Florida Boy, 12, KILLS His 2 Year Old Brother...After Life Of Abuse!

She probably couldn't afford an abortion for her rape ..so all you pro lifers ...look at the suffering this caused just to save a life.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1477165

He shouldn't have been aborted. DCF should have never let him go back to his 12 year old mother and her crack mother. He should have been adopted. And his mother should have been put in state custody to be raised. DCF takes kids out of good homes and then leaves other kids in bad homes. That is where the problem lies. DCF failed. This child has never known a decent life and should not just be fast tracked to prison. Maybe a mental health facility where they can try to rehabilitate him. But he should be kept safe because it is the right thing to do for a child who has been broken.

Re: Florida Boy, 12, KILLS His 2 Year Old Brother...After Life Of Abuse!

True enough the Kid is wrong for murdering his brother but at the end of the day he's still a Kid. I think after reviewing this whole case and and hearing the kids life story, I would say a load of therapy would be a lot more suitable than life in jail for this Kid, its only right

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6594892

Just think how fucked up he'll be when he's 25 after spending 13 years in adult prison.

He's bad now but just wait.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1988118

I can't see a jury sending this child to an adult prison for life. Especially with no hope of parole. That would be insane and inhumane.

Re: Florida Boy, 12, KILLS His 2 Year Old Brother...After Life Of Abuse!

True enough the Kid is wrong for murdering his brother but at the end of the day he's still a Kid. I think after reviewing this whole case and and hearing the kids life story, I would say a load of therapy would be a lot more suitable than life in jail for this Kid, its only right

Re: Florida Boy, 12, KILLS His 2 Year Old Brother...After Life Of Abuse!

I'm all for law and order and am no libtard,but this kid [he is a kid] has had an ABYSMAL life, and state social services are partly to blame . We spend BILLIONS of dollars each year to specifically help kids like this, obviously most of that $ is used to prop up huge bureaucracies and their obsession with maintaining power and job security, not to mention the many private contractors making big $. Yet still, shit like this is common-place.

He should be tried as a child, which is what he is, and locked up in definitely and at least try and see if he can still be helped. I understand though that the laws on the book don't do this and would probably set him free at 21 regardless if he's totally fucked up. A sad situation.

Re: Florida Boy, 12, KILLS His 2 Year Old Brother...After Life Of Abuse!

I'm all for law and order and am no libtard,but this kid [he is a kid] has had an ABYSMAL life, and state social services are partly to blame . We spend BILLIONS of dollars each year to specifically help kids like this, obviously most of that $ is used to prop up huge bureaucracies and their obsession with maintaining power and job security, not to mention the many private contractors making big $. Yet still, shit like this is common-place.

He should be tried as a child, which is what he is, and locked up in definitely and at least try and see if he can still be helped. I understand though that the laws on the book don't do this and would probably set him free at 21 regardless if he's totally fucked up. A sad situation.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23942078

Why are we responsible? Why isn't his mother and grandmother responsible?